Just what it says… Something that is missing from most of our education is just a touch of philosophy, so take a half-hour and find out what the ancients reasoned over.

I love visiting psychology sites – you can learn all sorts of bits and bobs about how and why we do things. Psyblog is one of my favourites, and this post about human attention is fascinating. Ever wondered what would happen if we didn’t notice that we were in someone else’s house, and just helped ourselves to whatever was in the cupboard without asking? 18 ways attention goes wrong is worth thinking about!

Cats and brains. A curious combination that occurred to me as my beloved Puddy becomes psychocat, tearing up and down the hallway for absolutely NO apparent reason!